Rob Ruth/Chieftain World War II veteran Harold Lay, left, holds up one end of the large-sized lap quilt presented to him April 15 by members of the Wallowa Mountain Quilters Guild, including, from left, Marietta Herinckx, Linda Kruger-Ebbert, Barabara McCormack, Linda Knifong, and Betty Whitehead. In all, approximately 20 members of the Guild are active in a long-term project that provides quilts to Wallowa County veterans. Currently the effort is focused on World War II veterans. Lay, who served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946, was awarded a Purple Heart after being wounded during the invasion of Peleliu Island in the western Pacific which began Sept,. 15, 1944.